THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE

Book ID/图书代码： 07760517C00002

English Summary/英文概要： Is the book you’re holding in your hands a novel? Yes. Is it an adventure story? Definitely. Is it a love story? No, it’s a story about a complicated yet dangerously beautiful friendship.

Is it a philosophical novel? Yes, but it’s accessible even to the average reader. Is it suspenseful? It is a page turner! Is it a book dealing with spirituality? Definitely, but not in the usual way. Is it Paolo Coelho? Far from it. Is it a serious novel? Very much so.

Is it a work of art? Most critics claim that it is. Is it a work of imagination or a report of real events? Both. Is it a book about the meaning of life? Most readers say that it is. Is it the sort of book that readers keep on their bedside table? Most of them do, for a number of years.

Is it the book that tries to answer the question “Who am I?” Yes, but with surprising results.

How popular is The Sorcerer’s Apprentice?

In Slovenia, a Central-European country of two million people where the novel was first published, the sales of eight editions have reached more than 65,000 copies. In terms of population and prospective readers, that would mean over 11 million copies in the US, 2 million in the UK, 2 million in France, 2 million in Italy, 3 million in Germany, 4.4 million in Russia, 10 million in the Spanish speaking world, 40 million in India, and over 50 million copies in China!

Worth reading? See for yourself.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你手里拿着一本小说吗?是的。这是一个冒险故事吗?肯定。这是一个爱情故事吗?不，这是一个关于复杂而又危险的友谊的故事。

这是一本哲学小说吗?是的，但即使是普通读者也能读到。这是悬疑的吗?这是一页纸！这是一本关于灵性的书吗?当然，但不是以通常的方式。保罗科埃略吗?远非如此。这是一部严肃的小说吗?非常感谢。

这是一件艺术品吗?大多数评论家都认为它是。这是想象的工作还是真实事件的报告?两者都有。这是一本关于生命意义的书吗?大多数读者都说它是。这是一种读者一直放在床头柜上的书吗?他们中的大多数都是这样做的，有好几年了。

是这本书试图回答“我是谁?”“是的，但结果令人吃惊。”

魔法师的学徒有多受欢迎?

在这本小说首次出版的欧洲中部的200万人口的斯洛文尼亚，8个版本的销量已经达到了6.5万册。人口和潜在的读者而言,这意味着在美国超过1100万张,200万在英国,200万在法国,200万在意大利,300万在德国,440万在俄罗斯,1000万西班牙语世界,4000万在印度,在中国超过5000万!

值得一读吗?你自己看。（WYL）

Awards/获奖情况：埃瓦尔德•费里沙(斯洛文尼亚1945)是小说家，短篇小说作家，剧作家，散文作家，编辑。研究了卢布尔贾那的比较文学，伦敦的英国文学，澳大利亚的心理学。全球徒步（在80多个国家旅行)，悉尼地铁司机，澳大利亚(在其他事物之中)，编辑的百科全书，伦敦科学和发明，在短篇小说的作者和BBC广播剧，斯洛文尼亚人的作家协会(1995 - 2002)，自1998年以来最古老的斯洛文尼亚文学期刊的编辑(当代评论)。十一小说的作者(6个入围斯尼克，斯洛文尼亚“布克奖”)，两个短篇故事集，三个游记(视为最好的斯洛文尼亚旅游写作)，两本儿童和青少年书籍(入围最佳童书奖)和13个舞台剧(六个提名最佳演奏奖，两次赢得了奖)。普利森基金会奖的获得者，散文和戏剧的最高国家奖。各种工作,尤其是短篇小说和戏剧，译成32种语言，其中包括孟加拉语、印地语、马来语、尼泊尔语、印度尼西亚语、土耳其语、希腊语、日语、中文、阿拉伯语、波兰语、捷克语、阿尔巴尼亚语、立陶宛语、冰岛语、俄罗斯语、意大利语、西班牙语等，舞台剧定期在世界各地演出，最近在奥地利、埃及、印度、印度尼西亚、日本、台湾、尼泊尔、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、保加利亚以及白俄罗斯。参加了超过50个文学阅读和各大洲的节日活动。在国外生活了20年(3年在澳大利亚，17年在伦敦)。1990年以来，居住在斯洛文尼亚卢布尔亚那。

About the Author/作者介绍： EVALD FLISAR (1945, Slovenia). Novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, editor. Studied comparative literature in Ljubljana, English literature in London, psychology in Australia. Globe-trotter (travelled in more than 80 countries), underground train driver in Sydney, Australia, editor of (among other things) an encyclopaedia of science and invention in London, author of short stories and radio plays for the BBC, president of the Slovene Writers’ Association (1995 – 2002), since 1998 editor of the oldest Slovenian literary journal Sodobnost (Contemporary Review). Author of eleven novels (six short-listed for kresnik, the Slovenian “Booker”), two collections of short stories, three travelogues (regarded as the best of Slovenian travel writing), two books for children and teenagers (shortlisted for Best Children’s Book Award) and thirteen stage plays (six nominated for Best Play of the Year Award, twice won the award). Winner of the Prešeren Foundation Prize, the highest state award for prose and drama. Various works, especially short stories and plays, translated into 32 languages, among them Bengali, Hindi, Malay, Nepali, Indonesian, Turkish, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Polish, Czech, Albanian, Lithuanian, Icelandic, Russian, Italian, Spanish etc. Stage plays regularly performed all over the world, most recently in Austria, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Belarus. Attended more than 50 literary readings and festivals on all continents. Lived abroad for 20 years (three years in Australia, 17 years in London). Since 1990, resident in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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